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Easters gone by
I'll never forget
the way sunrise ser- Jennifer
vice felt when I was Stone-Hannigan
a child.
In my teen years,
I attended a tiny
church on a tiny is-
land just off the
coast of Portugal.
There was one
couple in our church
that hosted the sun-
rise service every year.
So each Easter, we would
drag ourselves out of bed in the
early morning hours and prac-
tically stagger to the home
where the service was held.
It was like a taste of Christ-
mas tradition in the middle of
springtime.
The hostess, Marty Wagner,
would make the world's best
apple cider. And no matter how
much I begged, she never would
give out the recipe.
That cider would be simmer-
ing and the breakfast would be
cooking and anyone entering
the Wagner home was imme-
diately greeted by friendly
voices and hugs and surrounded
with love.
Then, with the warm summer
breeze blowing in our faces
(you've got to love tropical cli-
mates), we would go out to their
backyard and start the service.
I hated reading out
loud, but somehow I
always got picked to
read part of the Eas-
ter story. I would al-
ways stand in the
same place, over by
the rock wall that sur-
rounded their yard.
Next to that rock
wall was a 50-foot
drop, which then
sloped gently down to the
ocean. Sometime during that
service, I would look beyond the
wall and see the sun, gloriously
rising over the moving sea.
There are few moments in
my life when I have been hap-
pier than I was on those morn-
ings.
I would think about the
women who first made their
way to Christ's tomb, scared
and alone and in grief, only to
find that the strangest thing they
possibly could have imagined
had taken place.
I'm not sure where I will be
this Sunday, at my church or my
parents' church, at sunrise ser-
vice or not.
But I know, sometime in the
day, I will remember those ser-
vices of my childhood and take
just a moment to thank the One
who made the sunrise and gave
us a reason to celebrate.
The Cross Roads
school got word that
a jail inmate had
walked away from a
work crew at Beck's
Chapel Cemetery
(April 6). The sheriff
came to one house
and told them to keep
their doors locked.
Someone called the
school and they put kids in lock
down until it was time for the
buses to leave.
Teachers called home and
someone called me, and so
forth. The man was captured.
Margie Summers and her sis-
ter, Mable, visited her daughter
last week.
Mark Alice Mulkey is very ill.
Needs our prayers.
Ethelene, Naomi's daughter,
will go back to Boston Easter
Sunday for the third time for
more surgery. Very serious.
My sister, Bobbie, and
brother-in-law mowed my yard
Saturday. It was a mess, with
lots of weeds and old mowed
grass. Stopped my nose up and
I couldn't hardly talk.
I have a friend from first
grade that lives in Galveston.
She gets the Malakoff paper.
Clara Jo Davis
She has called for
one of our cook-
books We got the
second shipment
last Friday, so I
will have more de-
livered this week.
Helen McLaine,
I will call you first,
and Jackie.
Bill Gain is in'
West Place nursing home for
20 days of re-hab. He has been
in the hospital for about six
weeks. We visited him and
Jackie Saturday.
This Sunday is Easter Sun-
day, our time to meet with the
Willow Springs Baptist Church
for sunrise service. Our pastor,
Frank Upchurch, will be the
speaker. Starts at 7 a.m. Break-
fast will be served at 8 a.m.
Lola Welch is better from her
coughing. Several have had
this.
Gas is getting so high. I went
to four stations Saturday, and
drove on not getting gas. But
today I have to pay the high
price
Not too much news this
week, but Lisa, behave your-
self.
Thanks for reading.
Visiting Ministers to
Baptist Revival
By Britt Thompson
From The Malakoff News
Friday, April 13, 1962
The Rev. Don Allen, pastor
of North Main Street Baptist
Church in Houston, and the
Rev. Kenneth Patrick, a native
Malakoffian and former pastor
of the First Baptist Church at
Chandler, will be in Malakoff
during the coming week to lead
the week's revival campaign at
the First Baptist Church
The revival meeting, accord-
ing to the local pastor, the Rev;
Byron Orand, is being held in
keeping with the Baptist Jubi-
lee Advance Campaign
throughout the Southern Bap-
tist Convention. Henderson
County Baptist Association, he
said, is cooperating in a current
county-wide revival crusade.
Evangelist Allen, presently of
Houston, the pastor said, is an
outstanding Baptist minister and
a Baptist Denominational leader
in the city of Houston.
The visiting singer, the Rev.
Patrick, born in this community,
is presently serving the pastor-
ate at the First Baptist Church
in Seagoville. He lived in
Malakoff until he was seven
years of age, when he moved
with his parents to Houston
where he resided until entering
college.
Both of the visiting revival-
ists are graduates of Texas
Baptist Colleges and the South-
western Theological Seminary
in Fort Worth.
The Sunday evening service,
on Sunday, April 22"d, Pastor
Orand said, will be given over
to the presentation of the can-
tata, "The Song of Easter," un-
der the direction of choir leader
Charles Wetzel. This service,
the pastor said, will be followed
by a baptismal service.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the services during the
revival campaign.
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Registration restrictions will not be addressed
The Texas Animal Health
Commission (TAHC) will
not address proposed regu-
lations for premises registra-
tion at the upcoming May 4
TAHC commission meeting
in Austin
Dr. Bob Hillman, Texas'
state veterinarian and TAHC
executive director, said the
proposed premises registra-
tion regulations have been
placed on "hold," and will not
be considered by commis-
sioners until the winter or
spring of 2007.
Dr. Hillman said the TAHC
will continue to promote vol-
untary, free registration of
sites (premises) where live-
stock and fowl are held,
handled or managed. As of
April 4, more than 10,000
premises have been regis-
tered in Texas; more than
213,000 have been regis-
tered nationally.
Premises registration is
the foundation of the Na-
tional Animal Identification
System (NAIS), which,
when fully implemented,
would enable animal health
officials to trace the move-
ment of diseased or exposed
livestock or poultry within 48
hours.
Information and agendas
for Commission meetings will
be posted on the TAHC web
site, filed in the Texas Reg-
ister and announced through
news releases.
All TAHC commission
meetings are open to the
public
The TAHC's Austin head-
quarters may be reached at
1-800-550-8242.
Fire blight on pears
In Texas, pear tree own-
ers can expect to see some
fire blight on pears and other
species every year. During
times when conditions are
right, such as when extended
cool, wet spring weather co-
incides with
pear tree bloom-
ing, the severity
of fire blight in-
fection can
reach epidemic
proportions. The
disease also at-
tacks apple
trees, quince,
spiraea,
hawthorne and
as many as 70
other species
The fact that an ornamen-
tal pear, such as Bradford,
has been infected is a sign
that this could be an unusu-
ally bad year for blight
Though it makes the tree
unsightly, the disease will
rarely kill an ornamental or
other pear variety.
Ornamental pear tree own-
ers can expect their trees to
bounce back later in the
year.
In the spring, the disease
usually first shows up as
blossom blight. Infected
blossoms become water
soaked and then turn dark
brown.
The disease then moves
down the fruit stem, causing
the area it infects to become
water soaked and turn dark
green
From the fruit stem, the dis-
ease migrates into the leaves
of the blighted spur.
Twigs become dark green
and oily looking when infected.
Pear tree leaves and stems
will eventually turn black, as
if burned, hence the name
"fire blight".
In contrast, the disease
turns apple tree leaves and
stems dark brown.
Other than variety selec-
tion, home gardeners have
two means of controlling the
disease: cultural and chemi-
cal.
Cultural methods involve
pruning the infected portion
Rick Hirsch
Agriview
of the stem, four
to six inches be-
low the visible
symptoms Prun-
ing shears should
be disinfected in
a 10 percent
bleach solution to
prevent spreading
the disease to
uninfected trees
Excessive
pruning can pro-
mote succulent growth that is
highly susceptible to new infec-
tion.
Excessive pruning can also
cause the tree to become mis-
shapen, so caution should be
used when pruning.
Several chemical and antibi-
otic controls exist for fire blight,
but they are only effective if
used during the bloom stage.
A copper fungicide or bor-
deaux mix should be applied
during bloom at the shortest
recommended intervals stated
on the label.
Another option is to use an
antibiotic such as streptomycin
sulfate.
Neither the copper fungi-
cides nor the streptomycin sul-
fate is toxic to bees. Prevent-
ing early infection is critical to
controlling fire blight.
Once the bacterium that
cause fire blight colonizes
woody tissue, the only way to
stop movement down a young
stem or branch is to prune it
out.
If you treat before or after
bloom, the spray will be inef-
fective. Dry, hot weather will
eventually slow disease.
Rabies
Texas state law requires
that you have your dogs and
cats vaccinated against ra-
bies once a year by a veteri-
narian. Rabies is a killer. It
is present in wildlife, espe-
cially bats, skunks, foxes,
coyotes and raccoons.
Pet dogs and cats do not
have to leave their yards to
be exposed to rabies by a
wild animal
Wild animals can easily en-
ter your yard. If a pet devel-
ops rabies, the people most
likely to be exposed by them
to this fatal disease are the
owner's family An annual
rabies vaccination is very in-
expensive life insurance for
the pet and its owner.
Rabies is a killer disease
that attacks the nervous sys-
tem, resulting in paralysis
and almost certain death
once the symptoms appear.
The rabies virus is present
in the saliva of the rabid ani-
mal.
The most common way the
disease is spread is by a bite
from an infected animal
Though rare, rabies also
can be spread if the infected
animal's saliva comes in con-
tact with fresh scratches,
open wounds or mucous
membranes such as the lin-
ing of the eyelid.
Improved rabies vaccina-
tion and animal control pro-
grams and better treatment
for people who have been
bitten have dramatically re-
duced the number of human
rabies cases in this country.
The majority of recent hu-
man cases acquired in the
United States are due to the
type of rabies virus found in
bats.
If you see a bat that's on
the ground or acting
strangely, do not touch it.
Immediately report it to lo-
cal animal control authorities.
Important dates
April 25 - BQA - Level I
& II
Rick Hirsch is the
Henderson County Exten-
sion Agent - Agriculture
for Texas Cooperative Ex-
tension. Visit our web page
at http://henderson-
co. tamu. edu.
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